ADELANTE Cultural Calendar/Calendario cultural

Want to practice your Spanish, have some fun and learn about new cultures? We’ve searched for some of the best events in the area. Some events are for children and others are for adults. Please grab a few O-A friends & head to one of the events below!

Verano Spanish Summer Camps

Besides the summer camp offered at Oyster, DC Parks and Recreation is offering a Spanish Summer Camp for kids 3-5 years old in two locations: Guy Mason and Raymond Rec. Center. Participants will go on trips, create crafts, swim and play all while learn Spanish. For more information about this camp and others check the web site: http://dpr.dc.gov/service/summer-camp-registration

Connecting Hearts and Minds: Music from the Jewish, Latin American, and Arabic Traditions

7 pm on Sunday, March 16, 2014, at Temple Emanuel

10101 Connecticut Avenue, Kensington, MD 20895

Featuring guest artist, Intercultural Journeys, which is formed by three outstanding musicians: RIAD ABDEL GAWAD, Egyptian violinist and composer, ROLANDO MORALES, Puerto Rican percussionist and a Curtis Institute professor, and UDI BAR-DAVID, Israeli cellist for thePhiladelphia Symphony Orchestra. This concert will include a pre-concert lecture and after-concert Q&A. The lecture will focus on how music can be an effective way to bring people together and about the connections between Jewish, Arabic and Spanish music. Oyster-Adams staff and parents can attend this concert at a special discounted price of $15 per ticket, and children under 12 years old can attend for free (although you must reserve a ticket for them). Find more information at http://www.cantigas.org

Venue: Former Residence of the Ambassadors of Spain, 2801 16th Street NW, DC-

This exhibition (divided in three sections: the kitchen, about preparation and utensils; the table, for objects used to sample food; and the meal, on food design) provides a rich panorama of the most recent Spanish design as applied to cuisine. It is like a creative taster menu of ‘tapas’ from all the fields in which design plays a role in the act of eating.

The exposition centers around the mural Rivera painted in New York City, reconstructing its history with reproductions of previously unpublished material, including letters, telegrams, contracts, sketches, and documents, following Rivera’s commission, subsequent tension and conflict, and finally, the mural’s destruction.

Music show: Uno, dos, tres con Andrés

Every Wednesday at 17:30 and 18:30. Suggested donation 7$.

Where: BloomBars (3222 11th Street, NW) -Ages 6 months to 5 years-

Interactive children’s show that teaches Spanish language and Latin American culture through sing, shake, and sound out rhythms while trying regional Latin dances. More information: http://www.bloombars.com/event-calendar

Businesses operated by Oyster-Adams families – Practice Spanish

We are trying to reach O-A families who want to help our families practice their Spanish while doing business. If you want to let the community know about your business & practice Spanish, please let us know.

If you have general ideas for the ADELANTE Cultural Calendar please contact Laura Rioja, lrioja1@gmail.com by noon Wednesday for publication the following week.

ADELANTE, the Oyster-Adams Bilingual Education Family Resource Initiative, is working to provide our school community with additional interactive/dynamic ways to help students with language acquisition in both Spanish and English. ADELANTE is sponsored by our Parent-Teach Organization, the Oyster-Adams Community Council, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization.